Hewo!
A liddle V-day ficcy for you all ... See, people don't pay enough attention
to poor Kuwa-kun in fanfiction, so I decided to write this terribly short
Valentine's fic for him! And also to make up for all the times I embarrass
him!

Shioru: But
you make fun of him in this one too.

....

A LITTLE DISCLAIMER:
Most of the characters appearing in this fic are the property of Yoshihiro
Togashi, Studio Pierrot, Fuji TV, and Shonen Jump Weekly.

Kuwabara Shizuru
sighed in contentment as she lit up another cigarette and unfolded the
morning paper. Everything was so peaceful and quiet. It was going to be
a beautiful da-

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOD
MOOOOOOOOOORNIIIIIIIIIIING ONEECHAN!!!!!!!!!" yelled Kuwabara Kazuma the
Man, bounding down the stairs in abandon. "HOOOOOOOW'RE YOU DOIIIIIIIIIIIIIING??""Just fine,
until you came along," Shizuru muttered under her breath. Out loud she
said, "Fine."

Kuwabara cheerfully
swept about the room, practically leaping into his chair as he poured milk
into his bowl of cereal with gusto (and spilling at half of what he poured,
much to Shizuru's annoyance). He then proceeded to devour his breakfast
greedily.

"And what are
*you* so happy about?" asked Shizuru dryly, mopping up the mess."I'm going
on a date with Yukina-san today!!!" he answered enthusiastically, not noticing
her tone of voice. "I'm going to go on a date with her and then I'm going
to propose to her and then we'll get married and then we'll have kids and
then we-"Shizuru quickly
left for the kitchen with the dirty dishes, leaving a cheerfully babbling
Kuwabara sitting in the dining room talking to himself.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTT??!!!""Not so loud,
Hiei," said Botan, removing her fingers from her ears."Calm down,
Hiei," said Kurama. "It's not as thought Kuwabara is going to *do* anything.
He's very trustworthy, you know.""But does
Hiei know that?" asked Yusuke, glancing at the still seething Hiei.

"Hiei, it's
just a date!" said Botan. "It's not like he's, well, you know, proposing
or anything."

[Author's note:
Hint, hint!]

"Hn," grumbled
Hiei."If you wanted
more say in what your sister does," interjected Kurama, "you should have
let her know who her brother is~~ ..."Hiei glared
at the three of them.

"YUKINA~~SAAAAAAAAAAAN~~~!!!!"
cried Kuwabara, bounding into Genkai's temple"Kazuma-san!"
Yukina greeted him cheerily, as always. "What pretty flowers! Are they
for me?""Hai, Yukina-san!!!!"From the corner
of the room, Hiei watched this innocent exchange warily. He still didn't
trust this thing they called a ... a ... a date.

"Lovey-doveys,"
muttered Yusuke."Speaking
of which," said Kurama, elbowing him, "What about Keiko?""Huh?" replied
Yusuke brightly."Yes, what
about me?" asked Keiko, who was standing behind them and carrying a tea
tray."Oops." Yusuke
gulped. Fortunately, Botan came over at this moment.

"Hiei still
doesn't trust Valentine's Day," reported Botan. "He wants to do a surveillance
of the lovebirds.""He would,"
sighed Kurama."Don't you
think we should follow him," suggested Keiko, "just in case he decides
to do something drastic?""Who, Kuwabara
or Hiei?" asked Yusuke."You know
who," said Keiko, swatting him on the head."Yukina-san
and I are leaving now~~!" called Kuwabara from the temple doors. "We'll
be back by noon~~~!"Hiei glared
suspiciously after the couple. The other four looked at each other, and
shrugged.

"They're going
to the mall, if I remember correctly," said Kurama.

Some time
later ..."What are
they doing now?" asked Kurama, carrying over the takeout lunch."They're going
to the ice-cream parlour~," reported Yusuke, looking through a pair of
binoculars. "Now they're ordering ice-cream~-""Lemme see!"
said Botan, grabbing them from his hands. "Ooh, chocolate! My favourite!""Stop that!!"
said Keiko. "We're here to make sure Hiei stays out of trouble, remember?""Oh, right,"
said Botan. "Hiei is- EEP! CUTE GUY ALERT!" She swung the binoculars around
and oriented them on some person walking by.Keiko and
Yusuke facefaulted."Hiei's hiding
behind that bush over there, if you're wondering," Kurama offered helpfully.
"Would you like a Coke?"While Botan
scanned the mall with the binoculars (looking at everything BUT Hiei and
Kuwabara and Yukina), the others ate their lunch.

Hiei's stomach
growled. He was hungry, but he wasn't about to move from his hiding place
and let Kuwabara and Yukina out of his sight."Kazuma-san,
the ice-cream tastes good!" said Yukina cheerfully, as she finished the
last spoonfuls in her bowl. "Now what are we going to do?"Whatever
you want to do, Yukina-san~!!!" came the reply.[Oh brother,]
thought Hiei. Any more of this and he was going to be sick.

"BOTAN!" yelled
Yusuke. "Give me the binoculars!!!""But there's
a shoe sale across from here," said Botan, "And if I can't be there, I
have to at least be able to see it!""Botaaaaaaaa~~~n~~~
...""Hold on,"
said Keiko. "They're leaving the ice-cream shop!""And there
goes Hiei, right on schedule," said Kurama."GIVE ME THE
BINOCULARS!"Yusuke finally
managed to snatch them back. Botan desperately tried to retrieve them,
but to no avail."Just one
more look~~~ ..."Kurama and
Keiko sweatdropped.

Much, much
later ..."Forget it!"
exclaimed Yusuke in disgust. He tossed the binoculars back to Botan. "THREE
HOURS!! They must have been to EVERY SINGLE toy and candy store in this
mall!!!""Yay!" came
Botan's reply. She eagerly picked them up and continued her quest for bargains
and cute guys."Well, Yukina
IS sort of a child," said Kurama. "Hiei looks like he wants to commit murder.""I'm not surprised,"
muttered Yusuke."Wait," said
Keiko. "What are they doing?"

Even Botan
turned her binoculers over to look.

"Kazuma-san,
let's go sit by the water fountain!" said Yukina. Kuwabara happily joined
her.As they watched
tiny rainbows forming among the sprays of mist, Kuwabara decided it was
time for The Big Question. He took a deep breath and took Yukina's hands
into his own."Yukina-san,"
he said, putting on his Most Serious Face, "I have a very important question
to ask you."Yukina tilted
her head. "What is it, Kazuma-san?""Well-"

"WHAT is he
doing????!!!" asked Botan, peering intently through the binoculars. Kuwabara's
face had been turning an intense shade of crimson, and you could practically
see the smoke."Get the #%?(*&%%#@@)%#&
off of me!" snarled Yusuke."Watch your
language, Yusuke!" said Keiko.[Hiei's not
going to like this one bit,] thought Kurama.

"Yukina-san,
will you ... will you ... that is, um ... will, um, uh ...."

Keiko and Botan
clasped their hands over their mouths.

"*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH*!!!!!!!!!!"
shrieked Hiei, practically jumping out of the bushes at them. The shoppers
nearby took one look at him, then took off running.Yusuke and
Kurama looked at each other. Then they both frantically ran over before
Hiei blew up the entire mall.

"LET ME AT
THAT @#(^@#%^*!@)!@@!!!!" yelled Hiei, waving his katana about blindly.
"I'LL MMPHMPPPHNNHPHMMPPHHHHPPPHMMMMMM!!!!!"Yusuke and
Kurama sweatdropped as Hiei continued throwing muffled curses about.Yukina looked
over at them.

"Yusuke-san,
Kurama-san," she said, "What are you doing?""Nothing you
should be worrying about," said Kurama."OW!!" yelled
Yusuke, holding his hand. "HE BIT ME!!!"Hiei growled
at them."Just go back
to whatever you were doing," said Kurama."Oh," replied
Yukina. "Okay."

She turned
back to Kuwabara."What was
it you wanted again, Kazuma-san?" she asked."Uh ... um
.... uh ...."Yukina noticed
something colorful out of the corner of her eye."Look, Kazuma-san!"
she cried, pointing. "Balloons!" She smiled at Kuwabara. "Can we buy one?""Sure!!" he
answered, and off they went.

"LET GO OF
ME, BAKAYARO!!!!" shouted Hiei."Okay, okay,"
said Kurama, dropping him."That's for
biting me," said Yusuke."Oh!" said
Botan, walking over with Keiko. They watched as Kuwabara and Yukina purchased
a shiny blue snowflake balloon. "So close and yet so far ..."

Later that
day, at the Kuwabara house ...Shizuru was
peacefully drinking a cup of coffee and reading a book when the door opened."So, Kazuma,"
greeted Shizuru, when Kuwabara entered, "how did it go?"Kuwabara looked
at her."Next year,"
he proclaimed, "NEXT YEAR KUWABARA KAZUMA THE MAN WILL PROPOSE TO THE BEAUTIFUL
ICE-MAIDEN YUKINA!!!! AND-"

Shizuru quickly
left for the kitchen with her empty cup, leaving a cheerfully babbling
Kuwabara standing at the doorway talking to himself.